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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 47
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Jeremiah foretells desolation and destruction upon the Philistines.
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The</span> word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/47/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 14: 31 (29-32); Jer. 25: 20; Ezek. 25: 15 (15-16); Amos 1: 8.">Philistines</a>, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Behold, <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/47/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 46: 7 (7-8).">waters</a> rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
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At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong <i>horses,</i> at the rushing of his chariots, <i>and at</i> the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to <i>their</i> children for feebleness of hands;
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Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, <i>and</i> to cut off from <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/47/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 22.">Tyrus</a> and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
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Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off <i>with</i> the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
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O thou sword of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, how long <i>will it be</i> ere thou be quiet?  put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
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How can it be quiet, seeing the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore?  there hath he appointed it.
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